at the same time the count of toulouse , alfonso jordan , had done homage Body_movement to alfonso vii upon his succession in 1126 .

at some point a relief army led by alfonso jordan , count of toulouse , arrived Arriving .

three aircraft were forced Motion to land at dawson 's field , a remote Escaping desert airstrip near zarqa , jordan , formerly royal air force station unk , which then became Becoming pflp 's unk airport ' .

israel seized Hold the gaza strip and the sinai peninsula from egypt , the west bank from jordan , including east jerusalem , and the golan heights from syria .

towards the end Process_end of march Self_motion the first transjordan attack Attack on amman and the first battle Hostile_encounter of amman were launched from the jordan valley followed a few weeks later by the equally unsuccessful second transjordan attack Attack on shunet nimrin and es salt at the end Process_end of april .

firstly the passage of the jordan river , was successfully captured Conquering between 21 and 23 march , followed by the first occupation of es salt in the hills of moab between 24 and 25 march .

the capture of jericho was also a necessary precursor , along with the action of tell Telling unk , and advances Cause_to_make_progress by allenby 's force across the jordan river and into the hills of moab towards es salt and amman .

subsequently , shea 's force of infantry and mounted Connect troops crossed Motion_directional the river and advanced Self_motion eastwards across the high country ; the central column of infantry moving Motion along the main road quickly captured Conquering the ottoman position at shunet nimrin on rising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ground from the jordan valley and the town of es salt high in the hills .

although the combined force of infantry and mounted troops made Creating a determined attack on amman , shea was forced Motion to retreat Escaping to the jordan valley from both amman and es salt when it became Becoming clear the defenders were too strong , making it extremely difficult , if not impossible to achieve Achieve the operation 's objective .

after cutting the road from nablus to es salt on 22 september chaytor 's force Military_operation captured Conquering the bridge over the jordan river at jisr ed damieh while units of the seventh army and remnants of the eighth army were still in retreating Escaping towards the bridge from the judean hills .